Cooperative Education, Internships & Work Experiences
Cooperative education programs, internships, and work experiences give students the opportunity to gain valuable experience while working toward a Bachelor’s degree.
Resources:
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- Student Employment at Purdue
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- (Cooperative Education) - Office of Professional Practice
The list below is representative of the companies and agencies offering internships, cooperative education and work experiences to majors in the College of Science.
Department of Biological Sciences
- Abbott Laboratories
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Case Western Reserve
- Chicago Area Health and Medical Careers
- Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
- Dow Elanco
- Eli Lilly
- Ethyl Petroleum
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Fernwood Nature Center
- Indiana Department of Environmental Management
- Indiana University, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Krannert Institute of Cardiology
- Merck Pharmaceuticals
- Methodist Hospital of Indianapolis
- Monsanto
- National Institutes of Health
- Procter & Gamble
- Purdue University
- Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute
- Sarett Nature Center
- School of Field Studies (Australia)
- SEA Semester (Woods Hole)
- Searle Pharmaceuticals
- Sigma Chemical
- Southwest Medical Center (U of Texas)
- State Police Forensic Laboratory
- TTU Graduate School Summer Grant
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- U.S. Department of Transportation
- University of California – San Francisco
- University of California – Santa Cruz
- University of Louisville
- University of Michigan
- University of Minnesota
- Upjohn
- Washington University in St. Louis
Department of Chemistry
- American Cyanamid
- Argonne National Laboratory
- BASF
- R.R. Donnelley
- General Electric
- Inland Steel
- Kodak
- Nalco
Department of Computer Science
- Accenture
- Boeing
- Conseco Capital Management
- Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
- IBM AS 400
- IBM System 390
- Intel
- Lexmark Int’l. Inc.
- Lockheed Martin
- Microsoft
- Motorola
- Schlumberger
- Scitex Digital Printing, Inc.
- Textronix
- 3 M
- US Government National Security Agency
- United Parcel Service Air Group
Department of Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences
- American Meteorological Society
- Indiana Department of Natural Resources
- NASA – Langley
- Tippecanoe County Soil & Water Conservation District
- Tennessee Valley Association
- Environmental Consulting Firms
- Museums
- National Weather Service - Indianapolis
- TV/Radio Stations
- U.S. Geological Survey
Department of Mathematics
- National Security Agency
- Office of Naval Weapons
Department of Physics & Astronomy
- American Physical Society
- Ames Laboratory
- American Nuclear Society
- Baylor University
- Brookhaven National Laboratory
- Carnegie Mellon
- University of California, San Diego
- Goddard Space Flight Center
- The High Altitude Observatory
- Hudson Institute
- University of Illinois
- Indiana University Cyclotron Facility
- Kitt Peak Observatory
- Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
- The Lunar and Planetary Institute
- Michigan State University
- MIT Materials Processing Center
- NASA
- National Center for Superconducint Applications
- National Radio Astronomy Observatory
- University of Nebraska (Materials)
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Oklahoma State (Lasers)
- Oregon State University
- Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center
- Princeton (Atmospheric & Oceanic)
- Rosewell Park Memorial Institute
- University of Tennessee
- University of Texas
- University of Toledo (Astro & Physics)
- Stony Brook Center for High Pressure Research
- U.S. Department of Energy
- The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- Wyoming Infrared Observatory
Department of Statistics
- Allstate
- American United Life
- Anthem
- CIGNA
- CNA
- Farm Bureau Insurance
- Farmers Insurance
- Kemper
- Lincoln National
- Nationwide
- Prudential
- Towers-Perrin
- Trustmark
- United Insurance Company of America
- Watson Wyatt Worldwide
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